Just to be clear, not giving up. This may find a home at a smaller publisher.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Allyson - Oct 26, 2005 7:32:19 am PDT #4726 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Amy - Oct 26, 2005 7:34:22 am PDT #4727 of 10001
Because books.
Which one is Still Life With Devils, Deb? And whatever happened to Burden of Memory?
This may find a home at a smaller publisher.
Yup. And there are lots of good ones.
deborah grabien - Oct 26, 2005 8:05:14 am PDT #4728 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Amy, I don't think you've read Still Life. It's the one about the serial killer who may or may not be human, and the artist who can walk into her own paintings.
Supernatural police procedural. I've got about a dozen "omigod this book is AMAZING these characters are incredible the writing was so good it scared me thanks for submitting it I was blown away by it but I have no idea how we'd slot it tell her to keep up the good work!" letters, from everyone from NAL on down.
Any time you want to read, give a yell. It's a corker, some of my best writing I think, but it's "omigod too quirky!"
erikaj - Oct 26, 2005 8:08:23 am PDT #4729 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked it, but, you know, duh. Maybe Kincaid will be so massive there won't be any choice, one day.
deborah grabien - Oct 26, 2005 8:18:43 am PDT #4730 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Maybe Kincaid will be so massive there won't be any choice, one day.
(same thing I do every night, Pinky.....try to take over the WORLD!)
erikaj - Oct 26, 2005 8:23:25 am PDT #4731 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I know, Brain, but where on the internet are you going to find a wheelbarrow, penne pasta and Walter Cronkite?
deborah grabien - Oct 26, 2005 8:29:12 am PDT #4732 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
You just made me scare Rupert out of my lap, damn it.
Consider yourself COMM'd, momentarily.
erikaj - Oct 26, 2005 8:33:55 am PDT #4733 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Pinky's plans were crazy like that. Maybe I should be all outraged that I have a friend who uses that as a pet name for me. Nah, he got the pass when he got to live after making a pet name for me...too late. Sorry, Rupert.
Amy - Oct 26, 2005 9:21:50 am PDT #4734 of 10001
Because books.
I'd love to read Still Life, Deb, if you want to shoot it my way.
Whatever happened to Burden of Memory, though? Are you still letting that one stew?
Susan W. - Oct 26, 2005 9:27:50 am PDT #4735 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
In addition to her email critique, Mary Balogh sent me a hard copy of my manuscript with extensive specific comments. I need to send her an email letting her know it got here safely and maybe offering to send her some of my pumpkin bread as a token of my gratitude. The only thing is, I agree with much more about her big picture suggestions of what needs to be changed than her specific ideas on how to change it--which is probably only natural, given that our styles and voices are very different. Do I need to even address that fact, in case I publish this story and she reads it and thinks, "Dang it, I spent so much time on her critique, and here she does the exact opposite of what I thought she needed to do, and there she kept that bit I said was totally unbelievable!" Or do I just thank her profusely, say she's given me a lot to think about, make sure she's not allergic to pumpkin/chocolate/eggs, and leave it at that?